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mayor1814:
Gen Azubuke ihejirika was a no nonsense general... He dealt with the boko Haram group to the point their sponsors started shaking thinking classified info of their support will leak... Thumbs up general

Pootle:
my uncle knew what i was capable of he was a brigadier he told them to never allow me pass nor sit for the exam after the first trial, as a kid in the barrack every one then believe i will surely join the military because the moral excess then bro

dettolgel:
Instead of giving the SE good allocation in NDA to bridge the gap, they want to use our youths as canon folders (korofo) for Boko Haram.

Pootle:
my uncle knew what i was capable of he was a brigadier he told them to never allow me pass nor sit for the exam after the first trial, as a kid in the barrack every one then believe i will surely join the military because the moral excess then bro

mayor1814:
Gen Azubuke ihejirika was a no nonsense general... He dealt with the boko Haram group to the point their sponsors started shaking thinking classified info of their support will leak... Thumbs up general

froxydydx:
What about the other 200+ tribes that have not produced any service chief?

GenghisCan:
Please what’s the meaning of this infantry?

crossbreedwears:
Lol lol. Which of the barracks did you stayed?

tutudesz:
His properties round Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt paint a different picture

tutudesz:
Which kind stupid lie be this who signed your form You failed simple, stop saying rubbish.
No one can stop you from joining, if you meet the requirements

Racoon:
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AndroBlaze:
Please help me ask him if he saw an Edo, Efik, Urhobo or any other major ethnic group in the South there too..... to think the SE is the same region we are hearing are struggling to fill their quota for recruitment yet those that have been filling it on a steady still don't even have one COAS

geoworldedu:
How much do you charge?

Wispower:
Calculate from David Ejoor to Ogumdia how many Deltalites in that position, Only Ihejirika from Abia State is the only one South Eastern officer to hold the Post,stop being Erected anytime you hear about the Igbos, one day you will explode

franchasng:
Gowon was never the first Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria, please correct it.


It's Maj. Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Nigeria)


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Aguiyi-Ironsi


https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Nigerian-Chiefs-of-Army-Staff-Since-Independence_tbl3_338839917



Stop taking unverified Yoruba media publications designed to sideline and malign Igbos seriously please.



General Aguiyi Ironsi was the first Nigerian to head Nigeria's military after the British colonial masters handed over power to Nigerians.



Please check the reputable links.


During Aguiyi Ironsi's reign, the position was:

General Commanding Officer of The Entire Nigerian Army, who was the head of Nigeria Army as at that time. It was after him that Gowon then came on board.

AndroBlaze:
Despite you silly ethnic baiting, I agree that historically Gen Aguiyi-Ironsi is by all intents, the first indigenous Chief of Army Staff in Nigeria.

JuanDeDios:
Interesting that Obasanjo had four Chiefs of Army Staff and none was Yoruba. It's unheard of these days for a president to have a CoAS from outside his "region". This country always progresses backward.

franchasng:
I made my post referencing Yoruba media because it was the cable and the likes that started this historic lie that Yakubu Gowon was the first Indigenous Head of Nigerian Army instead of Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi just to malign Igbos as usual.



What is difficult in reporting the truth? Why twist history just to massage the ego of your people when you know it's not the truth?


Gowon was just a mere Lt Colonel when Aguiyi Ironsi was decorated a Major General and head of Nigeria Army, so how was it possible for a Lt. Colonel to head the Army when there was a Major General?


And if you check list of all the heads of Nigeria Army right from the colonial masters, it is only Yakubu Gowon that led Nigerian Army as a Colonel, and it was because by the time Ironsi became Military Head of State of Nigeria, Yakubu was the next senior officer or so from the North.

Pootle:
em no sign am i get another distant relative a colonel who believed in me may his soul rest in peace na em sign am but my main uncle no jus wan mak i join for reasons best known to him and got angry with my other relative that sign it though he was already retired, dont jus com up and call ppl liers. mind you this was years back am a graduate married and working now

baslone:
Yeah alongside Minimah, they were all involved in the $2.1bn arms scam. EFCC seized some of his properties including hotels.

GenghisCan:
Please what’s the meaning of this infantry?

tutudesz:
His properties round Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt paint a different picture

AndroBlaze:
Oga stop giving me history lesson that I already knew in order to justify your bias and need to play the victim card.

If you did not notice I was the first one to question this thread that was started by a non-Yoruba, so please don't bring the whole tribe into this because una no know simple history.

I had already accepted that Ironsi was the first defacto COAS, the same way I hope you will accept that there was a loyal Efik man who officially seniored him by at least 3 years and was strategically schemed out due to politicians in the NCNC (Wellington Bassey, NA1).

Also even when Gowon was chief of Army Staff, it was mainly ceremonial and administrative as he still had many seniors he had to salute including Brigadier Bassey, "The Duke" as he was fondly called.

mayor1814:
Which politician or military chief doesn't have properties in high brow areas of Abuja or Lagos?

franchasng:
My brother, Head of Army of any country is done by appointment by the head of state of the country; he choose who he feels more comfortable working with for his safety, security and smooth relationship.


So there is nothing wrong with Nigeria's President and Prime Minister then appointing Maj. Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi as their preferred Head of Nigeria's Army, the position is not done by seniority, the President and Head of State pick who they prefer among qualified military officers.



So there is nothing out of place in Maj. Gen. Ironsi being appointed or selected as Head of Nigeria's Army instead of his senior Gen. Wellington because the position is usually more of political appointment than military seniority


Presidents all over the world do it.



The only reason I countered the thread is to correct a historic lie that Yakubu Gowon was the first Indigenous Head of Nigeria's Army whereas it was Maj. Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi. If Yakubu was the officer Nnamdi Azikiwe and Belewa selected to serve as Nigeria's first Indigenous head of Army, I wouldn't have countered the thread because that will be the truth based on records and facts.


But twisting a clear record and fact just to malign Igbos is what I couldn't stand or ignored.


So yes you are correct that Bassey Wellington was the first Nigerian commissioned military officer, but he wasn't the first Indigenous Head of Nigeria's Army.

Racoon:
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